- Camels can drink 94 litres (25 gallons) of water in less than 3 minutes.
- Siderodromophobia is the fear of trains.
- Rainbows can only be seen in the morning or late afternoon (the sun needs to be less than 40 above the horizon).
- Rats and mice are ticklish, and even laugh when tickled.
- The word 'uncopyrightable' is the is the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating any letter.
- A Chinese checkerboard has 121 holes.
- A baby fetus develops fingerprints at eighteen weeks.
- A group of rhinos is called a crash.
- Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.
- Earth is the only known planet where fire occurs.
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